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D.I.E. (diversity, inclusion, equity) AT DALTON SCHOOL V
"Our real societal issue is class. And yes in the lower class it is predominately ethnic minorities. Our politicians throw in race when they don't want us to see the widening class divide which affects most Americans. Solve poverty and fatherlessness (possibly one in the same problem) and color and class will lessen as an issue."
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"He sounds like somebody who should move to the Bronx or Lagos and observe his beloved pets in their natural habitat for a couple weeks."

Dalton Head of School Responds to the Naked Dollar

In a carefully worded email to the Dalton community, Head of School Jim Best has responded to the Naked Dollar's revelations about their woke agenda. The email, reprinted in full below, was no doubt crafted with the outside consultants who have been hired to help manage the crisis.

I have a number of comments directly for Mr. Best.

•You refer to the original document as a "thought piece." A document signed by over one hundred people strikes me as much more of an end point than a beginning. The fact you put "thought starter" in quotes means it's not a thought starter at all.

•You say I have "mis-characterized" your efforts? How, exactly? I am providing the transparency that you, apparently, have not. The only point we could have a legitimate argument over is whether the letter can be characterized as "demands." Something signed by over one hundred staffers seems very much like a demand, and that's certainly how the parents I have been in touch with view them. This is an age-old tactic: find one thing that may not be a provable fact in order to discredit everything else.

•Dalton does not "stand behind all the concepts shared or actions prescribed." So, which ones do you stand by? Because the entire thing reads like some manifesto written by a freshman sociology major. The Port Huron Statement had nothing on Dalton Letter. The whole agenda smacks of indoctrination. This is a dangerous echo of the Red Guard and Maoist "struggle sessions."

•You claim that the letter was only "recently brought to (your) attention." Could you define "recently?" Because I find this extremely difficult to believe.

•Dalton is committed to an "anti-racist curriculum." These are chilling words to those schooled in Orwell. As I pointed out in a previous post, Dalton is even finding ways to make the STEM curriculum woke.

•You say you will conduct a parental survey. Excellent idea. One question: will it be anonymous? Because if it isn't, you will only get answers you want to hear.

•Your letter closes by saying that Dalton is a "unified community." No, it's not. I have experienced this personally. You only think it is because no one dares speak out. Many parents are extremely angry. And no, they are not crypto-racists. The agenda of the letter, in any part, will only hurt the very people it aims to help creating a permanent victim class.

Mr. Best's full letter is reprinted below.

Side note: the Daily Mail story said that I was a Dalton parent. I am not, and I have asked them to make the correction.

To the Dalton Community, (read the Headmaster's consultant-crafted response)

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